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Tiara Yachts is a boat manufacturer headquartered in Holland, Michigan, and is one of the oldest privately held boat manufacturers in the United States. The company, founded in 1974 by Leon Slikkers, manufactures luxury inboard and outboard yachts ranging from 34–60 feet.
The Les Cheneaux Antique Wooden Boat Show is held in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the city of Hessel, Michigan. Founded in 1978, the event is held every year during the second week of August. The event brings about 8,000 to 10,000 boaters and visitors each year from all over the United States coming together to appreciate antique boats. [1]
It is called Cruisers Yachts and is a division of KCS International. [9] T & T Boats of Wausaukee never made fiberglass boats. A liquidation auction in May 1965 signaled their demise. Chris-Craft closed the Cortland plant in 1974 which had been a Thompson operation. Thompson Boat at Peshtigo went bankrupt and closed in 1980.
Meridian 21 – a 21-foot fishing cabin cruiser similar to the Ventura; Meridian 25 – a 25-foot (7.6 m) ocean fishing boat. There was a limited quantity, and a restoration project is currently underway by the Official Glasspar Owners Association. 30 Footer – A 30-foot flying bridge cabin cruiser that never saw production.
Trojan by 1968 had become one of the largest producers of inboard motor boats in the world, employing over 700 people, most on their 26-acre site in a 142,000 square foot factory and adjacent truck depot at 167 Greenfield Road, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. In 1966 Trojan acquired the Shepherd Boat Company, Canada, manufacturer of up to 50-foot ...
This was technically the start of the boat company. He soon began to build more boats and joined his brother Hank in 1881 to begin producing boats full-time. In 1910, the brothers joined with other partners to form the Smith Ryan Boat Company. [1] The firm's name was changed in 1922 to Chris Smith & Sons Boat Company, then to Chris-Craft in 1924.
The club history boasted of hosting "great regattas," "snow mobile races" and "famous chicken dinners," which it still offers. At one time, the club noted, its membership included Michigan’s Gov ...
The Evasion 25 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of glassfibre, with wood trim.The hull is solid fibreglass and the deck is balsa-cored.It has a masthead sloop rig with a bowsprit, a deck-stepped mast, one set of unswept spreaders and aluminium spars with continuous stainless steel wire standing rigging.